INTERNAL FOUNDATION REPORT
Document ID: TACT-THEO/2025-03-24/001
Clearance Level: 4
CONFIDENTIAL
Priority Level: AMIDA
Abstract: Recent research from the Department of Tactical Theology around afterlives has uncovered a few discrepancies in global demographics. Despite the number of human hosts growing exponentially since ~33 AD (Following event C†) the number of human souls has remained roughly around 800 million.
This suggests that while true human consciousness is bound to a finite number of reincarnating souls, a considerable and growing amount of the population is being animated by an unknown force and/or deific entity. Furthermore, long-term post-mortem studies indicate that several thousand of the original souls have failed to reincarnate, instead remaining as posthumous anomalies or perishing due to exorcisms. (roughly 0.00015% of souls a year.)
Notable Findings:
- Cognitive and theological profiling of a global sample (N=100,000) suggests that a statistically significant percentage of individuals lack the expected hallmarks of sapient self-awareness. (This includes roughly 63% of SCP Foundation personnel.) While they appear normal, they show clear differences in deep-memory retention.
- At current birth rates, Foundation projections estimate that by 2150, the number of humans piloted by souls will be outnumbered 5:1.
Recommended Actions:
- Immediate classification of this phenomenon as SCP-8221 (Object Class: Keter) for continued research and monitoring.
- Expanded cognitive testing across Foundation personnel to assess operational risks.
- Research into the creation or revival of human souls.
- Attempt deicide should the number of sapient individuals reach 0.01% of the human population.
- Establish changes to normalcy in the event that the human species is no longer the primary intelligence inhabiting its own civilization.
- Tiana Mark Roseanne, Tact. Theo.
